50 Photos Of Very Random '90s Things That Millennials Haven’t Thought About In 20 Years But Will Recognize On Sight

1.The Halloween episode of Family Matters that featured the the creepy AF ventriloquist's dummy, Stevil:

Closeup of Stevil
ABC

Which tried to kill Urkel!!!

Stevil strangling Steve
ABC

2.Speaking of creepy puppet things, the Puttermans from the Duracell commercials were frightening as heck:

Models of people
Duracell

3.The hilarious Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" radio ads:

Real Men of Genius

4.Fabio as the spokesperson for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and his series of horny margarine commercials:

Closeup of Fabio

5.The Spice Girls dolls that, um, sorta looked like the Spice Girls:

The Spice Girls dolls
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6.And the Britney Spears doll that actually looked like her:

Britney Spears holding her doll
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7.Toys "R" Us' blue checkout counters:

A woman at a checkout counter
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8.And Kay Bee Toys storing all its video games right behind the registers:

A clerk at Kay Bee Toys ringing up a customer
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9.E!'s Talk Soup hosted by John Henson, which was the old-school way to watch viral videos...

John Henson on "Talk Soup"
E!

10....and Coming Attractions, which was literally a half-hour show of just movie trailers:

Screenshot of Coming Attractions host talking about Tomorrow Never Dies

11.McDonald's French fries when they came in the packaging with the stripe on the top:

McDonald's fries
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12.And the huge plastic Super-Size soda cups that came designed so you could still put them in your car's cup holder:

McDonald's Super-Size cup

13.Volkswagen's "Da Da Da" commercial for its Golf car:

14.Those Big Dog T-shirts that were only worn by 13-year-old boys or 49-year-old men and no one else:

Closeup of a "Gigantic" T-shirt

15."Goth Talk" on SNL, which was hosted by Circe Nightshade and Azrael Abyss:

Chris Kattan as Azrael Abyss, Molly Shannon as Circe Nightshade, Rob Lowe as The Beholder during the 'Goth Talk' skit
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16.The turtle and pirate "art test" that was featured in the commercials for Art Instruction Schools:

Closeup of the Art Test

17.The late-'90s Disney Channel logo that was a TV with Mickey ears:

Disney Channel logo with Tinkerbell and Mickey ears
Disney Channel

18.The '90s-meets-psychedelic design on Fruitopia vending machines:

Fruitopia vending machine with purple psychedelic design

19.The empty, plasticky-smelling 35mm photo film canisters that you would either use to play with, or if you were older, store your weed in:

Film canisters

20.Laura, the very Gen X, couldn't-give-a-crap secretary on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist:

Closeup of Laura
Viacom

21.Having a ton of blank VHS tapes with covers that looked like this:

12 different VHS tapes laid on a table

22.And all the extra labels that came with blank VHS tapes that no one would ever use:

VHS tape labels

23.The bunch of coupons that came inside Disney VHS tapes:

Mulan VHS tape

24.The THX logo that would play before some movies. (And that you can still hear in your head!):

Logo that says "THX digitally mastered"
THX

25.And the green FBI warning screen that played before Disney VHS tapes:

FBI warning saying reproduction illegal

26.Seeing billboards for cigarettes everywhere (and not even thinking twice about it):

A Marlboro billboard
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27.The ads inside TV Guide that would tell you what that week's episode of a TV show was going to be about:

An ad for Brandy's show on UPN
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28.Gap's "khaki swing" commercial that brilliantly used bullet time photography:

Screenshot of a Gap commercial
Gap

29.Those morbid, "What do you want on your Tombstone?" Tombstone Pizza commercials that featured people about to be killed saying what they wanted on their pizza:

Screenshot from a Tombstone Pizza commercial

30.Little Caesars' Pizza by the Foot:

Little Caesars pizza

31.Fancy restaurants that featured jewel-toned carpets, walls, and seat covers, and gold accents:

Inside of a restaurant
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32.Every mall having a Glamour Shots store:

A Glamour Shots ad

33.The 25 AOL free-trial CDs you and your family would get every month:

AOL free trial CDs

34.Magic the Dog and all the Old Navy commercials he appeared in:

The dog in a tux on a plane with a woman dressed as a flight attendant
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35.And Dave Thomas, who was the founder of Wendy's and appeared in all the commercials for them:

Dave Thomas holding a burger in his hands and smiling

36.Real California Cheese commercials (that featured this logo):

Real California Cheese made of cheese

37.McDonald's gift certificates, which were always a default gift you got from a relative you didn't know very well:

McDonald's gift certificates

38.Publishers Clearing House magazine stamps that you would use to order magazines that you would never pay for:

A sheet of magazine stamps featuring dozens of different magazine stamps

39.The Nintendo Rumble Pak, which everyone would fight over (if you only had one) when playing N64:

An N64 console

40.The Weekly World News newspaper that you would always see at the checkouts at the supermarket that had the most ludicrous stories on the covers:

The Weekly World News

41.Bath & Body Works stores when they used to have red awnings and white shiplap on the exterior:

An old Bath & Body Works store
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42.Lever 2000 soap, which every mom loved to buy in bulk:

Boxes of Lever 2000 and a bar next to them

43.The Herbal Essences commercials that featured women having orgasms while using it:

44.Automatic seatbelts that always felt flimsy as heck:

An automatic seatbelt

45.Every TV show having a CD soundtrack:

The "Friends" soundtrack

46.Those big Nature Sounds music displays inside Target:

music display at Target
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47.These leather and plastic covers they made for the Nokia 3210 that was the equivalent of a plastic cover for a couch:

Old Nokia phones

48.The Daily Show hosted by Craig Kilborn:

Craig Kilborn on the set of "The Daily Show"
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49.Blockbuster Video's "Guaranteed to be there" ad campaign — which, TBH, I don't know if anyone actually put to the test:

Blockbuster Video's "Guaranteed to be there" ad

50.And lastly, Jeff Goldblum as the spokesperson for Apple: